Thesaurus:detective

Thesaurus:detective

THESAURUS

detective

English

Synonyms

• beagle

• bloodhound (figurative)

• detective

• dick (US, slang, dated)

• DT (abbreviation)

• gumshoe (slang)

• hawkshaw (dated)

• investigator

• Sherlock (humorous)

• sleuth

• sleuthhound (informal)

• 'tec (slang)

Hyponyms

• private investigator

• eye    [WS]

• PI (abbreviation)

• private detective

• private dick (informal)

• private eye (idiomatic)

• shamus

• snoop

•   —

• house detective

• house dick (slang)

•   —

• cyberdetective

• cybersleuth

•   —

• superdetective

• superdick (informal)

• supersleuth

Further reading

• “detective” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “detective” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.